Dear Family,
Well Elder Minnich and I finally did a musical number
yesterday in sacrament meeting. We did "Oh My Father." I sang the
first and last verse in English, the middle two in Spanish. Not gonna lie, and
without "being lifted up in the pride of our own eyes," we did an
amazing job. We killed it. Elder Minnich did his own arrangement. He took that
piano to pound town. He is a crazy good jazz pianist and can do all kinds of
cool things on there. Well we delivered yesterday. We thought that it was a
humid day BEFORE everybody started shedding tears. It was kind of cool. Several
people came up to us and said, "My kids were being really loud and stuff
but when you started singing, they stopped!" Well it was a good time. They
want us to do it every Sunday... We will if we are still together, but I don't
think the odds are in our favor. Transfers are next week, so we will see what
happens. But I am SO thankful for the gifts that God gives to each one of us.
They are given to us for the blessing of others.
We reviewed baptismal interview questions with Romeris this
week. She knows what the church is teaching is true and that it is very good,
but still is having problems completely accepting Joseph Smith as a prophet.
She feels like she has to know it all. We heard her say that she believes that
he is a prophet, but that she doesn't know 100%. She has a testimony and knows
a lot more than she gives herself credit for. We tried to help her see that
faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things. Sometimes we have to take a
step into the darkness, but when the Lord is leading us by the hand, everything
will be alright. She is set for a baptismal interview this week. I feel
confident that even though she doesn't know everything, she knows enough. There
will always be unanswered questions, but that doesn't matter. We walk by faith
in this life. We get to the point where we stop doubting, but I still have a
thousand questions. (How do the dinosaurs fit in? Excited to ask that one in
the next life.) We should be set on a baptism this coming Sunday. I can't wait.
She is ready!!!!!
We have been doing some solid finding. We found a couple
people that are willing to hear the Gospel. That's always nice.
This one lady, Terravia, (She's black, not Hispanic) came to
church yesterday. She is an investigator of the English Elders, but we found
her. She has purple hair. I love it. She says she is a prophet, she kind of
talks funny. But she is awesome. She has read in the Book of Mormon a little
bit. She saw missionaries 20 years ago, but WE were the ones to finally get her
to come to church. She is very against denominational religion, but that's ok.
She is a sweet spirit. She interprets things very interestingly, but we are
doing all we can to help her come unto Christ
Well, that is pretty much it. Love you all. Thanks for
supporting me, loving and praying for me. This is the Lord's work. He is at the
head of it. Love you all. Sorry, didn't take any pictures this week. Next week
i PROMISE.
-Elder Mike Dial
So jealous of where you are. (We spent 10 days
in Nauvoo area at Bevan family reunion while Grandma and Grandpa Bevan serve in
the Nauvoo temple…also visited Adam ondi Ahman, Liberty, Independence, Farr
West etc) It sounds like y'all are having a great time.
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